Suitable Climate and Soil for Tomato Cultivation

01/09/2018Posted on

Suitable Climate and Soil for Tomato Cultivation:-

Suitable Climate:-

  • Tomato is a day neutral warm season crop.
  • Cool and dry weather is preferred by crop and optimum temperature is 21-28°C during day and 15-20°C during night.
  • Optimum temperature for colour development of fruit is 21-24°C.
  • It cannot be grown successfully in regions of higher rainfall.

Suitable Climate:-

  • The tomato grows on all soils from light sandy to heavy soil.
  • Well drained light soils are good for an early crop while clay loam and silt loam soils are well suited for heavy yields.
  • The pH of the soil should be 7-8.5.

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Disease Free Nursery Raising For Tomato

03/08/2018Posted on

Disease Free Nursery Raising For Tomato:-

  • Healthy seed should be selected for sowing.
  • The seed should be treated with recommended fungicide before sowing.
  • Continuous raising of nursery in the same plot should be avoided.
  • The top soil of nursery should be treated with carbendazim @ 5 gm/square m. are of the soil and nursery should be drenched with carbendazim @ 2gm/litre of water at fortnightly interval.
  • Soil solarization by spreading 250 gauge polythene sheet over the bed for 30 days before sowing in summer season should be done.
  • Application of bio-control agent tricoderma viride in soil @ 1.2 kg/ha is also found effective to control damping-off to considerable extent.

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Today’s Gramophone Farmer

02/07/2018Posted on

Name:- Suresh Verma

Village:- Kanardi

Tehsil:- Tarana

District:- Ujjain

Problem:- Blight Disease in Tomato nursery.

Solution:- Spray of Metalaxyl 8% + Mancozeb 64% WP @ 50 Gm/pump for better control of this disease.

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Land Preparation For Tomato

04/04/2018Posted on

Land Preparation forTomato:-

  • The field is ploughed to fine tilth by giving four to five ploughing with a sufficient interval between two ploughing.
  • Well decomposed FYM (15-20 tonnes/ha.) is thoroughly incorporated at the time of land preperation.
  • Total P & K and third of nitrogen can be applied basally.

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Staking in Tomato

23/02/2018Posted on

Staking in Tomato:-

  • It is done 2-3 weeks after transplanting.
  • For indeterminate type of tomato, two or three wires are stretched parallel to each other along the row palnts are loosely tied to these wires or other horizontal stakes.
  • The timely stakes plants produce and maintain better quality fruits.

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Control of Early Blight of Tomato

25/01/2018Posted on
  • The fungus attacks the foliage causing characteristics leaf spots and blight.
  • Small, isolated, scattered pore brown spot appear on the leaf.
  • Fully developed spots are irregular, brown, to dark brown in colour and with concentric ring (2-5mm ) inside the spot.
  • Symptoms start from the lowest leaves and progress upward.

Control:-

  • Spray 2 g Mancozeb 75 WP + 10 g urea per litre of water at 15 days interval when symptoms start or Carbendazim 12%+ Mancozeb 63% WP @ 50 Gm/15 litre water or Copper oxychloride 50% WP@ 50 Gm/ 15 litre water.

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Control of Powdery mildew in Tomato

27/10/2017Posted on

It is caused by the fungus Leveillulataurica. Initially light green to bright yellow spots appear on the upper surface of the leaves. A light powdery covering is visible on the leaves and green leaves turn yellow in colour and rot. For effective control, spray Hexaconazole 5% SC @ 30 ml/ 15 litre water or sulphur 80% WDG @ 50 Gm/15 litre Water.

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Control of Red spider mite in Tomato

20/10/2017Posted on

Mites are very minute. Their nymphs and adults suck the cell sap from lower side of leaves. For effective control, spraying Propargite 57% EC @ 50 ml/15 litre water or dicofol 18.5 EC @ 30 ml/15 litre water or sulphur 80 % WDG @ 50 g/15 Litre water or spiromesifen 45.2% oz @ 15 ml/15 litre water.

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tomato wilt testing

30/09/2017Posted on

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Calcium deficiency in tomato

24/09/2017Posted on

Twice spray of calcium EDTA @ 15 Gm/ 15 litre of water at time of appear deficiency symptoms.

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